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The last little snow patch on the front yard is almost gone, the seedlings in my indoor grow show are sprouting, and when I met a couple girlfriends for lunch at Peachland Sushi yesterday, Beach Ave definitely had that buzz. And while the Calgary in me hesitates to...

I’ve known them for a couple years now, but I’ve never asked Bruce and LindaLea Klippenstein, AKA Mr. and Mrs.Town Crier directly - why do you do it? Also, where do you get your costumes - and how did you get this idea? OK, a few questions. So we decided to meet for...

It kind of felt like a punch in the gut at the time - but when rejection happens, there’s often reason to reflect, and sometimes (as I’ve learned over this past year, especially), it’s reason to pivot. This is also a convoluted way of telling you my email newsletter...

There’s university to apply for, volunteering as a Peachland Ambassador, regular schoolwork and graduation plans (whatever that ends up looking like). There’s also a government to run, and that’s why I’m meeting Lily Avendaño Gregory on this (rapidly darkening) late...

One of my subscribers wanted to know - if someone was tired of seeing this graffiti over the past couple months (under the Trepanier Creek bridge), would it be considered vandalism if one was to buy some paint and cover it up? I asked Cheryl Wiebe with the District of...

This is one of my thinking spots. I like to go up here with earphones. Sometimes I stay for a bit, sometimes I walk, but today I was listening to something & now I want to write about it 🙂 Some stories get lots of feedback, and some really don’t. Lately, I’ve had...

Prepping for today’s super-long council meetings and just realized: It was this meeting last year, when I came back to council chambers not as a member of the established media, but as an entrepreneur and journalist wanting very much to bring our community better...

Early Christmas morning in downtown Peachland, you’ll see some lights on at the Legion. Between 6 and 7 or so in the morning, four turkeys will go in the ovens. And over the next few hours, side dishes, to-go containers and gifts will be assembled. And there will be...

Tonight is the big night. Six different special guests (including Santa and Mrs. Claus) have their stages (squares?) all set, five local restaurants are getting special meals ready for ticket holders, and right now, I’m guessing a whole bunch of volunteers here in...

It’s usually around the middle of November when David Winter gets the call. After that point, he’s doing some decorating double-duty, but that’s OK. It means Christmas is coming. David and his wife Beverley as you may know, live up to their last name this time every...

Sometimes when there's a gap between publishing - and before a big feature comes out, there's anxiety: "I haven't had anything good in awhile" 😱 "People are wondering - and judging what they're paying for" 😱 But then I read some good advice I've referred to before....

It’s usually around this time of year when I have some tears for my Gramps. I don’t know how he’d feel, me writing that in front of everybody (hell, I’m not so sure about it myself!) But I miss him a lot - even though it’s been six years. Gramps (you can call him Tom)...